Holding and distributing apparatus



July 9, 1929. P. c. BURNS 1,719,966

A -HOLDING `AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS Filed June 22, 1 923 Patented July 9, 1929. y'

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF1cE.-

PETER C. BURNS,- OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIt, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0.

AMERICAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.,

or MAINE'.

0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIGN lHOIIILD'INGI- AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

Application led June 22, 1923. Serial No. @16,991

My invention relates to improved means designed to hold and'distribute papers and light articles, and consists ina plurality of receptacles each adapted to receive papers and the like, and each of which is s'o mounted upon a common supporting standard as to be capable of movement in circular paths about that standard so as to permit adjustment of each receptacle in convenient position for deposit of the papers or the like, and further in the provision ofmeans whereby each receptacle may be detached from the common standard upon whichl it is mounted so that each receptacle as desired may be carried to any distant point for use, and again rconveniently and securely re-mounted upon the common standard.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and accompanying description for a more complete disclosure ofthe feature of my invention, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view'of my temporary distributing and filing means shown mounted upon a table or desk.

Figure 2 is a detail view partly in Section, showing the manner in which each receptacle is manipulated to attach or detach it from the common supporting standard. i

Figure 3 is alike view, on the line 3.,-3 of Figure 2, looking down' upon the end portion of one receptacle disclosing the form of the attaching and detaching clips embracing the.

common supporting standard.

Figure 4 is a like'view, on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, of the end portion ofthe receptacle which is in section showing the clip having a less width between embracing paws than is that between the jaws of the upper clip.

Figure 5 is a like view,on the line 5 5 of Figure 2, of the supporting base for the common standard, theupturned portion of the base being' in cross section to illustrate the manner in which the common supporting standard is held in the base. ,n

A supporting base A for a common supporting standard B is mounted upona and secured to a desk or table,the trays C being pivotally mounted one above the other upon the common supporting standard B. These trays, adapted to receive papers and the like, are each removably secured to the common supporting standard B by such means as will permit of detachment from the common supbeing secured by a set screw a. Y

porting standardand replacement thereon. These means are of such a character that each gne of the trays may be readily and conveniently removed from and replaced upon the common supporting standard so that they may be used apart from theirsupporting means at any convenient point. l

The means for securing the trays C removably and replaceably upon the common supporting standard B consist of a clip D sedistance to admit the diameter of the major portion b of the standardandthe circular opening between the upper lingers Z is sufliciently large to admit the enlarged portion b1' of the standard. i l To adjust and mount the trays pivotally upon the standard the tray is tilted, as shown in Figure 2, so thatv the lingers d will engage the portion b of the standard above the enlarged portion b1, while thevingers d abut against or are opposite the enlarged portion b2 of the standard. Upon lowering the tray and positioning it horizontally the fingers d then embrace the enlarged portion b1 of the standard, and the ngers d embrace the ma- Y jor portion b of the standard, the iingers d resting upon'the top of the enlarged portion b2.

Thus the tray is mounted upon the standard 'so as to swing about freely and yet be firmly held on the standard at two points by the upper and lower( fingers of the clips.

It is manifest that to disengage a tray from the standard it must be raised and tilted in the same manner as when it is engaged.

The base A has a socket within which the u i lower end of the common standard is held,

From the foregoing description it is evident that I have provided a convenient aplongitudinal sections of different diameter, a1

receptacle, a bracket attached to said receptacle for pivotally mounting the same upon said rod, said bracket having a portion provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure whose diameter equals the diameter of oneof said sections and whose opening equals the diameter of a smaller one of said sections.

2. An apparatus for receiving and distributing papers and other articles, comprising a circular upright supporting rod having three longitudinal sections of different diameter, a receptacle, a bracket attached to said receptacleV it'or pivotally mounting the same upon saidsections,saidbracketliavingaportionprovidedwithtwo curvedfingers forming an open circular embrasure whose diameter equals the diameter of one of said sections and whose openingv equals the diameter of a smaller one of said sections, and a second portion on said bracket parallel to said first portion, said second portion provided with two fin ers forming a U-shaped opening whose width equals the opening on said first portion.

3. An apparatus for receiving and distributing papers and other articles, comprising a circular upright supporting rod havin three longitudinal sections with successive y decreasing diameters, a receptacle, a bracket attached to said receptacle having a member provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure the width of the opening equalling the diameter of the smallest or third section and the inner diameter equalling the diameter of the middle or second sectlon, for slipping said bracket over said smallestv section and forpivotally mounting the same upon the middle section.

4. An `apparatus lfor receiving and dis-l tributing papers and other articles, comprising a'circular upright supporting rod having three longitudinal sections with successively decreasing diameters, a receptacle, a bracket attached to said receptacle having a member provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure ,the widthv of the openingequalling the diameter of the smallest or third section and the inner diameter equalling the diameter of the middle or second section, for slipping said bracket over said smallest section and for pivotally mounting the same upon the middle section, the first orlargest section serving as a vertical shoulder bearing for said bracket.

5. An apparatus for receiving and distributing papers and other articles, comprising a circular upright supporting rod having three longitudinal sections with successively decreasing diameters, a receptacle, a bracket attached `to said receptacle having a meinber provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure the Width of the" opening equalling the diameter of the smallest or third section and the inner diameter equalling the diameter of the middle or seeond section, for slipping said bracket over said smallest section and for pivotally mounting the same upon the middle section, the first or largest section serving as a vertical shoulder bearing for said bracket, and a second member on said bracket disposed parallel to said first member and provided with two fingers' forming a U-shaped opening whose widthequals the opening on said first member, for pivotally engaging another longitudinal section on said rod to maintain said receptacle in horizontal position with respect to said upright rod.

6. An apparatus for distributing papers and other articles, comprising a vertically mounted circular supporting rod having a plurality of longitudinally disposed portions, each portion comprising three longitudinal sections with successively decreasing diameters, a rece tacle, a bracket attached to said receptacle aving a first member provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure, the tips of said fingers forming the mouth thereof, the width of said mouth beingequal to the diameter of the smallest or third section on any of said portions and the inner diameter of said embrasure being equal to the diameter of the middle or second section on any of said portions, for slipping said member ovei said third section to pivotally engage said second section.

7. An apparatus for distributing papers and other articles, comprising a vertically mounted circular supporting rod having a plurality of longitudinally disposed portions, each portion comprising three longitudinal sections with successively decreasing diameters, a receptacle, abrackety attached to said receptacle having a first member provided with two curved fingers forming an open circular embrasure, the tips of said fingers forming the mouth thereof, the width of said mouth being equal to the diameter of the smallest or third section on anyl of said portions and the inner diameter of said embrasure being equal to the diameter of the middle or second section on any of said portions, for slipping said member over said third section to pivotally engage said second section, the first or largestsection on each rtion serving as a vertical shoulder for said member.

8. An apparatus for distributing papers and other articles, comprising a vertically mounted circular supporting rod having a plurality of longitudinally disposed portions, each portion comprisin three longitudinal sections with successive ydecreasing diameters, a receptacle, a bracket attached to said receptacle havin a first member provided with two curve fingers forming an open circular embrasure, the tips of said fingers forming the mouth thereof, the width ofsaid mouth being equal to the. diameter of the smallest or third section onv any of said ortions and the inner diameter of said em rasure being equal to the diameter of the middle or second section on any of said portions, for slipping said member over said third section to pivotally engage said second section, the first or largest section on each portion serving as a vertical shoulder for said member, and a second member on said bracket disposed parallel to said first member, and provided with two lingers forming` a U-shaped opening whose widthequals the width of the mouth of said first member, for pivotally engaging the third' section of the next successive portion on said rod.

9. An apparatus for distributing papers and other articles, comprising a vertically mounted circular supporting rod having a plurality of longitudinally disposed portions,

each portion comprisin three longitudinal l sections with successive y decreasing diam-A eters, a receptacle, a bracket attached td said receptacle having a first member pro portion serving as a vertical shoulder for 'said member, and a second member on Sald bracket disposed parallel to said first member, and provided with two fingers forming a U-shaped opening whose width equals the widthof the mouth of said first member,

. for pivotally engaging the third section of the next successive portion on said rod to maintain said receptacle in horizontal. -position with respect to said rod.'

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, day of June, 1923.

PETER C. BURNS.

this 19th 

